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Thanks!

Any recommendations for a lens kit to take better pictures of my tank on iPhone 14 Pro Max (or the like)? I am leaning towards: https://www.amazon.com/Orphek-Aquarium-LED-lighting-Extra/dp/B09J1GS88S?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A17ZSXHRBD7UXG does anyone have experience with the orphek kits? maybe this will be what finally convinces me to post my overdue build thread…

Enjoy these posts.

Thanks. Such a buzzkill.

So disappointed, but hope everyone else has a blast.

Thanks. You’re right about the wavemaker and the sand, the rest of my family just keeps pointing out how cloudy it gets… which causes me to turn it off … everyone’s a critic. Are you suggesting to start the cycle without a return pump? I honestly hadn’t even considered that…

Hey there wamas, I received some really kind offers from a couple of your members on reef2reef, who encouraged me to join. So here I am. (I’ll post a build thread after i eventually get up and running). After years of thinking about it, I just started up my first salt water build. Super excited about it (mostly). But I have a frustrating situation that I’m hoping for some advice with. I bought a Waterbox 100.3 around Memorial Day. It has been a slow process as I’ve been traveling a lot this summer and didn’t want to get the tank up and running until after I was back home and able to focus on it. When I finally got around to assembling the tank and stand, there was an O ring and gasket missing for the return line, but waterbox quickly and happily sent me the missing piece. I assembled the return line checked the tank, overflow, and sump for leaks. All good. I assembled a (pretty cool if i do say so myself) aquascape, made a lot of RoDI saltwater, filled the tank, and added live sand. As that settled, I started setting up my sump so that I could start running the water through the filter socks after the sand settled somewhat and was hoping to add a couple a fish and bacteria this weekend. When assembling my return pump, I became aware that my a pvc joint in the return line seemed “wiggly” and didn’t appear likely to be water tight. I tested it by pouring some water from the top and that was fine. But Sure enough, it wasn’t. A few gallons of flood later, I reached out to Waterbox. They were helpful and apologetic, but I’ve been waiting on a replacement return line since Wednesday. Despite their assurances, it doesn’t appear likely to arrive until Monday while I’m at work. I’ve been running a wave maker intermittently just to keep things moving, but it stirs up all my new sand, so haven’t run it for more than a few hours at a time (though the sand is settling faster everytime). Beyond the significant inconvenience, how big of an issue is this? Is the water going to be usable since the cycle hasn’t started? What, if anything, should I be doing now? TLDR: basically have a tank, overflow box, and partially full sump of pretty stagnant salt water. Pre-cycle. Running wave maker intermittently. Is this gonna be a problem or can I just pick up from where I left off once I drain the overflow box and have the new return line assembled?

Thanks!

Sorry for the newb question. New to the group. Trying to coordinate attendance between the kids’ soccer games... imagine some here can relate.